Amity Gaige
Born
in Charlotte, North Carolina, The United States
December 26, 1972
Website
Sea Wife
28 editions
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published
2020
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Schroder
47 editions
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published
2013
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The Folded World
5 editions
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published
2007
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O My Darling: A Novel
23 editions
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published
2005
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The Brown Reader: 50 Writers Remember College Hill
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4 editions
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published
2014
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Providence Noir (Akashic Noir)
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6 editions
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published
2015
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We Are a Thunderstorm
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1990
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Schroder: A Novel
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Vertas Portsmouth Abbey School Seventy Five Years 1926-2001
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Heartwood
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“Be happy. Decide to be happy. If you want to be happy, be happy! No one cares if you're happy or not, so why wait for permission? And did it really matter if you had been deeply unhappy in your past? Who but you remembered that?”
― Schroder
― Schroder
“Suddenly, he wanted some credit for it. He wanted someone to thank him for not crapping on the institution of love. He wanted someone to thank him for not being yet another dilettante. He wanted someone to thank him for quitting poetry. He wanted some great poet to thank him for quitting poetry instead of desecrating it with his amateurishness. He wanted some unborn child to thank him for not conceiving her and not leaving her a hope chest full of mawkish villanelles. He wanted some sort of organization of martyrs to give him an award. He wanted to be decorated for not putting up a fuss. He wanted to be the president of forgettable people. He wanted there to be a competition for the least competitive person, and he wanted to win that competition. He wanted some sort of badge or outfit or medal or key or hat. He wanted to be asked to stand. He wanted to be considered. He wanted to be considered in earnest before being ignored. He wanted all the insane and beautiful and passionate people in the world to take one moment of silence in gratitude for the ones who had ceded them the stage-- he, the unread poet, the sacrifice, the schoolteacher-- he wanted one goddamned moment of appreciation.”
― The Folded World
― The Folded World
Polls
This month, we are reading from the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 list. The 100-book-list has been narrowed down to the list below for voting.
Since these books are not from the same genres, I have included genre as well as a link to the New York Times reviews.
Voting will be from 2/2/14 to 2/15/14, or until all 9 votes are cast. The winner will be announced shortly thereafter.
Since these books are not from the same genres, I have included genre as well as a link to the New York Times reviews.
Voting will be from 2/2/14 to 2/15/14, or until all 9 votes are cast. The winner will be announced shortly thereafter.
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
This book also received the 2013
Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction.
This book is also on the New York Times shortlist:
10 best books of 2013
See Life After Life: New York Times Review
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
(Starring a now grown Danny from The Shinning)
This book also received the 2013
Goodreads Choice Award for Horror
See Doctor Sleep: New York Times Review
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
by Andrew Sean Greer
Science Fiction / Historical Fiction
See The Impossible Lives of
Greta Wells: New York Times Review
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